Nonconventional therapies in cancer;Medicinas no convencionales en cancer

Medicina

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-394

  Idoyaga Molina, Anatilde ^a,b   Luxardo, Natalia ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cancer; Ethnomedicine; Nonconventional therapies

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; RELIGION; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOGA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 28244478972     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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